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So /lit/ a while ago I read The Bell Jar, and more recently American Psycho. Both of these books were amazing, though I did favor American Psycho. But anyways what I came here to ask about is books you have read that are about the mentally insane, or written by insane people. I am specifically looking for books written by murderers or something of that sort. I appreciate any help.

Picture is unrelated but pretty fun

>> No.1456520

Bump?

>> No.1456523

Anybody?

>> No.1456528

Two bumps in six minutes on /lit/ on a Friday night?

>> No.1456531

Well I will just keep bumping...

>> No.1456533

>>1456528
I am bored, not doing much of anything....

>> No.1456535

semi-related: You should read The Stranger.

>> No.1456536
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1456536

Relevant to my interests.

>> No.1456537

>>1456535
What do you mean by "semi-related." What is it generally about?

>> No.1456542

>>1456537
society thinks he's insane for being honest. and hes shoots someone so you'll like it.

>> No.1456543
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>> No.1456544

your pic was off by a year

>> No.1456545

1. 2010
2. Subract by year you were born
3. ????
4. PROFIT!
GTFO

>> No.1456550

>>1456544
My pic...? Or your math?
>>1456542
author?
>>1456543
how is this book written? by the murderer or just what happened?
>>1456545
of course you could do that, but it doesnt

>> No.1456552
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1456552

If you want 400+ about a murder, then just pick up Crime & Punishment.

>> No.1456555

>>1456550
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Bugliosi

>> No.1456553

>>1456550
the math was done on a calculator. so, your pic

>> No.1456559

That chart was shit. I don't have 29 years...

>> No.1456560

If I Did It by OJ Simpson.

>> No.1456562

ya the picture only works with numbers like 2-10 or something like that

>> No.1456563

book is interesting because bugliosi details his discussions with manson during the trial

>> No.1456567

Picture doesn't work. But I guess there's a reason there's a trollface in it.

>> No.1456568

>>1456567
The picture worked for me.

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1456571

"Murderers" just get bio's, which of course will be shit. As for mentally insane there loads of good books.

The Gargoyle was Andrew Davidson's first novel and was definitely one of the best first books most people had ever seen.

It's about a pornstar who leads a fake and vain lifeless life who suffers horrific burns. The book follows his recovery and befriending of a patient in the psych ward. She tells him that they were lovers 1000's of years ago and every second chapter is a story set in a medieval setting that in some way connects with their past life's.

How about One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest as well. Boss. I doubt I need to tell you about it.

If you liked American Psycho you'll love Dead Babies by Martin Amis, while it's in your usual sense about mental illness you could argue everyone portrayed in its bleak future is mentally ill. The book is well known for making readers physically sick. Classic

>> No.1456572

>>1456562
didn't work with 2.

>> No.1456577

>>1456571
>>1456571


while it's **not** in your usual

>> No.1456579

>>1456568
Doesn't give me a 3-digit number.

>> No.1456581

>>1456567
well its a year old for one thing, but it does work.

it boils down to
(1759 + 250 + 100 *#days fapping)-birth year
2009 - birth year + 100 * [0-7]
age ( last year) + [0-700]
take last two digits, assuming you're less than 100 and you have your age(last year)

It's done way too obviously too, the subtract the year of your birth and take only last two digits steps make the mathemagic way too obvious.

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>>The Gargoyle

I totally thought it was going to be a chicks book. It turned out to be awesome. I will never doubt Richard & Judy bookclub winners again!

>> No.1456585

>>1456550
The author of The Stranger is Albert Camus. Make sure you find the English translation. It's a rather short read, barely over 100 pages.

>> No.1458193
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1458193

This is pretty decent. It's transcripts of interviews he did whilst on death row.

He didn't want to admit his guilt, because he was still intending to appeal, so they had him talk about himself in the third person like "So, the person who did these crimes, what do you suppose was going through his mind at the time?" and he answers those questions in a lot of detail.

>> No.1458203

>>1458193
Ann Rule's biography on him is the best.